Filmnut – Season 2 Episodes – Writers/Producers

Natalie Chaidez

Natalie Chaidez, writer/co-executive producer of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles talked about the collaborative process on her show, and compared working on the SCC with her work on the NBC show Heroes. No spoilers in the interview but she did reveal some “inside stuff” about the show that you might not know. We got into more »

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Lee Zahavi Jessup

Want to sell your screenplay? Questions about pitch festivals and pitching? Lee Zahavi Jessup of Scriptshark & Baseline Studio Systems lectures across the country in conjuction with Final Draft on the creative and busines aspects of screenwritng. We covered a lot in this power packed hour. See the Filmnut message board for this show for more »

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You Can Help Save the Internet! Net Neutrality with Patric Verrone

Filmnut 228 Guest: Patric Verrone Position: President of the Writer’s Guild of America West Credits: ‘Futurama’, ‘Muppets Tonight’, ‘The Simpsons’, ‘Pinky and Brain’. 2 time emmy award winning writer. Current Project: Net Neutrality and the Future of the internet Youtube video that briefly explains Net neutrality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWt0XUocViE Website: http://www.freepress.net/conference Thousands are on their way to more »

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Heroes Writer/Producers: Armus & Foster

Filmnut 224 Guests: Adam Armus & Kay Foster Crew Position: Writers/ Co-executive Producers Current Project: NBC show Heroes, features ‘Heat’ and ‘Amazon’ Past Projects: Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena: Warrior Princess, The Practice, Night Stalker, Keven Hill. (for the rest of their many credits see their imdb links below.) Website: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0035952/ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0287986/ Adam Armus and more »

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Katherine Fugate, Army Wives Creator

Filmnut 220 Guest: Katherine Fugate Crew Position: Writer/ Executive Producer Projects: Army Wives, Valentine’s Day, The Senator’s Wife Production Company: carpe diem films Website: http://www.katherinefugate.com Additional Websites Of Interest: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0297545/ http://www.mylifetime.com/on-tv/shows/army-wives First, I need to thank the Xena fans who recommended that I pursue Katherine Fugate as a guest for Filmnut! What a great guest! more »

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Tin Man Writers

Guests: Craig Van Sickle & Steven Mitchell Crew Position: Writers/ Executive Producers Project: Tin Man, The Pretender, She Spies Production Company: Strange Highway Entertainment Website: http://www.scifi.com/ Additional Websites Of Interest: (Check back for an update) Filmnut is off and running in 2008 with the appearance of Craig Van Sickle and Steven Mitchell. Usually not a more »

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Mark Gunn, The Writers Strike, How you can help!

Filmnut: Episode 209 Guest: Mark Gunn Crew Position: Writer/ WGA Negotiator Project: The Writers’ Strike Website: http://www.wga.org Additional Websites Of Interest: http://www.unitedhollywood.com Http://speechlesswithoutwriters.com Last night’s show got a little more passionate then usual. My guest Mark Gunn? He was calm and rational. I was the one getting a little revved up. Gunn, coming from an more »

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Jeff Dowd: To Pay or Not to Pay a Producer’s Rep?

Guest: Jeff Dowd Writer, Producer, Producer’s Rep Project: Feature film- Local Color Website: www.Jeffdowd.com Known affectionately as “The Dude,” (as many know by now the Jeff Bridges character in the Big Lebowski is based on Dowd) Jeff Dowd was his Dude self on Filmnut last night talking about filmmaking based on his vast reservoir of more »

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James Gunn is the Man!

Guest: James Gunn Project: “The Specials,” “Dawn of The Dead” (remake), “Slither,” “Pets” Crew Position: Writer/Director/Actor Websites: http://www.jamesgunn.com/ http://www.myspace.com/slithermovie http://www.myspace.com/tjgas (This site is run by fans of James Gunn fans) James Gunn was in form tonight talking in depth about his journey as an artist from his days at Troma to his just announced feature, more »

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